Bilfinger Salamis and Semco Maritime are looking to extend a collaboration partnership used in Denmark to the UKCS. The companies have been working together since 2008 on bringing together complementary skills and competence to support clients such as Maersk, DONG and Hess in fabric maintenance, decommissioning and inspection.
The industry's built-in desire to deliver over-engineered solutions has to end if the North Sea is to enjoy a long and profitable future, a leading industry figure has claimed.
Aker Solution has strengthened its team with the appointment of a new regional president for the UK and Africa. David Clark will oversee expansion and support operations in the key markets using more than 30 years of experience in the oilfield services. Clark most recently worked as vice president of production facilities for Schlumberger as well as positions earlier in his career at Wood Group and Technip.
Operator Apache has exercised the first of two options to extend its existing contract with Archer for the provision of platform drilling services for another year.
Engineering services company Plexus has signed an agreement with fellow Aberdeen firm Aquaterra Energy to jointly supply High Pressure-High Temperature dual barrier marine risers in the North Sea.
A decent night's sleep, internet access and more recreational space are the key priorities for North Sea offshore workers as they prepare for spending longer periods offshore.
Shell has lodged an application to develop a new hydrocarbon play in the North Sea.
An RAF Typhoon fighter jet flew 200ft underneath a helicopter on its way to a North Sea platform a report by the UK Airprox Board has revealed.
The chief executive of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has called on the sector to invest in the next generation or risk perpetuating crippling sector skills gap. In the OGA’s official call to action, the industry leader said despite actions already taken in the wake of a dramatic oil price decline more significant change was needed. However, he added the sector’s “expertise, imagination and tenacity” would see it weather the storm. “Irrespective of the oil price, the UK offshore oil and gas industry needs to change,” he said.
Statoil successfully installed its largest jacket ever onto the North Sea's seabed. Watch the video to find out more about the fantastic engineering feat.
Oil firm Nexen has revealed it is pressing ahead with plans to decommission two North Sea oil and gas fields according to schedule. Nexen, which is owned by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (Cnooc), has confirmed plans to start decommissioning the Ettrick and the nearby Blackbird fields in the Outer Moray Firth, 75 miles northeast of Aberdeen. Work is due to commence in early next year. The firm recently commissioned Aberdeen-based consultancy Xodus to deliver a Front End Engineering and Design (Feed) exercise outlining the decommissioning methodology for the fields.
Premier Oil is to plug and abandon a dry well in the Norwegian sector of the southern North Sea.
Sir Ian Wood said last night that the North Sea was facing one of its “toughest times ever" – but insisted it was “not dead by any means". The industry doyen warned that the “worst thing" offshore firms could do was lose talented younger people and vital infrastructure during the current downturn. He called for further UK Government action, including for the Treasury, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and the industry to “get their heads together very quickly" to find solutions. Sir Ian was speaking to more than 300 people at a summit organised by The Press and Journal's sister website Energy Voice at Aberdeen's Tivoli Theatre last night.
Asset life extension services provider Bilfinger Salamis has been awarded a five-year contract for international energy company TAQA for its oil and gas operations in the UK North Sea.
North Sea oil and gas leaders have not thought about the impact of Jeremy Corbyn becoming leader of the Labour Party, an MP claimed yesterday. Shadow Scottish Secretary Ian Murray said there was no point in people "wasting their time speculating" about the consequences of the left-winger winning the leadership race. Mr Corbyn is the favourite to be elected as the successor the Ed Miliband later this month.
Enquest, the largest UK independent producer of oil in the UK sector, has agreed the sale of its new North Sea headquarters in Aberdeen for £45.1million.
Chevron North Sea (CNS) has defended its record for awarding contracts after being criticised for favouring foreign companies for its biggest projects. US-owned CNS has shortlisted four companies to bid for topsides and jacket engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work on its Captain Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project. The oil producer has come under fire in north-east England for not including OGN Group, based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, where it is feared thousands of workers could be laid off as existing contracts end.
The Scottish Government welcomed the £3billion investment by Maersk Oil in the UK – but also urged Chancellor George Osborne to reform North Sea taxes. Energy minister Fergus Ewing said: “Development of the Culzean field brings welcome investment, jobs and supply chain opportunities and, as the largest new field in a decade, it also demonstrates that there remain considerable opportunities to extend production for decades to come.
Aberdeen-based offshore equipment supplier First Integrated Solutions has parted company with managing director Fraser Coull.
Statoil's latest North Sea wildcat well has come up dry.
Maersk Oil today confirmed it would invest $4.5billion in its high pressure, high temperature Culzean field in the UK Central North Sea.
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has extended Independent Oil and Gas’ (IOG) North Sea licences as the firm looks to find more cash.
Energy Voice sat down with three young SPE Aberdeen (Society of Petroleum Engineers) graduates and interns working within the oil and gas industry. The interviewees,Ross Taylor and Lalit Bhamare ,spoke ahead of Energy Voice's groundbreaking event on Wednesday, September 2 at the Tivoli in Aberdeen. They answered a range of questions about how to inspire the next generation of industry leaders.
Statoil chief executive Eldar Saetre made his first trip to the firm's Aberdeen base today. The company leader visited the Norwegian operator’s new premise in Kingswells before sitting down to talk with Energy Voice. The industry leader had one clear message – there’s still plenty left to find in the UK North Sea. “We believe even in mature provinces the industry can still make the mistake of leaving too early,” he said. “We have the capability to take a second look and see if there’s anything we haven’t seen before.”
Canadian oil producer Iona Energy increased North Sea production in the second quarter to June.